Cooking utensil.



F. WALLER.

COOKING UTENSIL.

A PPLIGATIQN FILED MAR.16,1912.

Patented Mar. 18, 193.

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FRED VVALLEB, 0F LYONS, ILLINOIS.

COOKING UTENSIL.

-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18,1913.y

Application filed March 16, 1912 Sprial No. 684,259.

To al! ywhom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, F RED VALLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lyons, inthe countyv of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Cooking Utensil: and l do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful preserving kettle.

it is the aim of the invention to provide a device of this nature,inwltich novel and essential features of construction are involved.

The principal feature of the construction is the provision of a falsebottom having a plurality of openings to receive preserving jars, inwhich the fruit and other ingredi ent are placed, so as to support themerect. The bottom is provided with lugs having portions projectinginwardly of the opening, to support the jars above the bottom of thepreserving kettle or receptacle', and other lugs or legs for supportingthe false bottom spaced apart above the bottom ofthe receptacle.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set fortl1,as shown in the drawingg's and claimed.

ln the drawings Figure 1 lis a central sectional view through thepreserving kettle, showing the improved false bottom as arranged inposition.v Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the false bottom removed.Fig. 3 is a detail view. A

Referring to the drawings'l designates the preserving kettle, whieh'maybe. of the usual construction, and having handles 2. Arranged in thereceptacle is`a -false bottom 3, which is constructed of an areaVof'sheet copper forming an under surface and an area of sheet tin aforming anupper surface.

'it plurality of vopenings is formed in the false bottom. Eachopeninglihas aseries of legs projecting from the periphery. Arrangedbetween the legs 5 alternately and also projecting from the periphery ofthe opening is a series of lugs 6. The 4legs 5 `project downwardly fromthe false bottom, to engage the bottom of the receptacle or preservingkettle, in order to support the .false bottom spaced apart above thebottom of the receptacle. The lugs 6 project downwardly and inwardly, soas to form supports for the preserving jars. The supports 8 have theirextremities bent upon themselves, as shown at 9, so as to strengthen thesupport and prevent them from becoming worn to any great extent, Thelower extremities of the legs are also bent on themselves, as shown atl0. riphery-of the false bottom is bent upon itself to form a bead ll,which is turned downwardly as shown, Iso that. as the false bottonrisremoved from the preserving recentacle` the water will thoroughly drainfrom the upper surface thereof. The forming of the bead l1 holds theupper and under areas 0f sheet. tin and copper together.

'In preserving, the/'fruitand' other materials are placed in the jars.Then one jar is placed in each of 'the openings of, the

false bottom, so as to be supported by the lugs. The preserving kettlewith the jars supported by the false bot-tom, with water surrounding thejars is placed over the lire. rlhe fruit is thoroughly cooked, by theboiling water. v

The invention having been set forth,

what is claimed as new and useful 1s The pe- A false bottom constructedwith a sheet false bottom, while the lugs are extended downwardly andinwardly'of the openings to support the preserving jars,the extremitiesof the legs and the lugs'being bent upon themselves, to obviate Wearand. t-he like.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

j FRED 'YVALLER 1vVitnesses:

GIDEON' S. THOMPSON, JOHN M.v QUINLAN.

